Watercoloring a large image

Hello everyone :)

Today I'd like to share this card using a HUGE image:

I'm happy to share this card as a

When I picked this stamp (Penny Black 40-429 Fab Friend) I knew it was totally different from the style that I usually tend to use but I think leaving your comfort zones in the best way to learn, grown and stretch your creativity. So I picked this super large image with two precious ladies :)

I thought it would be perfect for watercoloring, SO I pulled out my Schmincke watercolors (I really need practice!) and took my time to color. It was like meditation and I enjoyed it a lot!

I didn't wat to add a stamped sentiment that would interfere with the image, so I pulled out my hello die (Penny Black 51-104 Hello), cut it from the colored panel and carefull adhered it with some foam tape, to make it show up.

Everything else is pretty obvious :)

The card felt kind of unbalanced at first. I was colored nicely, has some sequins, an interesting layout, but it just felt incomplete. I then adhered that small panner from some patterned paper in a matching color and this little pice of paper really had a big impact. It pulled everything together and balanced the card. Sometimes it's worth to just add a super small element!

Hope you like the card - I think it turned out pretty cool, even if this is not my go-to-style :)

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Online Card Class - Penny Black

Hello everyone, happy Sunday!

Today I have a few cards to share with you :) I'm taking part in the new Online Card Class Called "Clear & Sheer" and it's all about Acetate and Vellum :)

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with my first card :)

The teachers in class did an amzing job inspiring me and I really wanted to white amboss a flower on vellum and color it from the backside - this is so pretty! I've done this before, but it's long ago and I'm happy I found this technique again.

I used the Perfect Pairing Stamp set by Penny Black (30-346)  for the beautiful bouquet and the sentiment - this is so eyecatching that the card did not need much more :)

Addicted To Stamps and more - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Penny Black and the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello everyone, happy wednesday!

I have a new card for you - yay!

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I guess you all know about the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop (by the way - Create A Smile is sponsoring a 20€ gift card.... ;) ) - wehre it's all about coffee AND about spring!

I just got a new coffee themed die set by Penny Black - so I knew I wanted to use it. And I also had those new flowers which are perfect to make it a really spring-y project :)

• Diecut the mug from different colors of cardstock and assemble
• Die Cut the Flowers from the same yellow cardstock as the heart and color them with Copics, leaving some party yellow (having the exact same color pulls it all together.)
• Cut a Clouds panel, adhere you flowers to the back of it and use dimensional adhesive to add your floery panel to your white cardbase.
• Use dimensionals to also adhere your mug to that panel.
• yellow/orange emboss your sentiment onto some vellum, fold a baner shape and adhere it over your mug.
• To finish off the card add some grey sprinkles to the background, repeating the color of the mug's cap.

• Sometimes a card just won't look finished. Some ink sprinkles can make a HUGE difference!
• repeating colors pulls your project together. and the 3:2:3-"rule" for colors (3 parts of your main color, 2 parts of your second color and only a little hint of your third color) can help to balance out your card

Stamps:

Dies: Penny Black Flower Bunch,  Penny Black Love Cup

Stamps: Penny Black Special Thoughts

Cardstock: Color Copy, Faltkarten (Hellgrau, Altgold, Vellum)

Ink: Versamark, Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke)

Embossingpowder: Zing! (Apricot)

stickers: Kaiser Kraft Tiny Alpha Stickers

Addicted To CAS - Delicate

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Lettering + Penny Black

Hello everyone, happy wednesday!

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When I saw THIS CARD by my friend Anni I knew I had to try a CASE version of this. - Colored embossing on vellum to frame your focal point - how genius is that?

So this is my take:

• Stamp your Flowers (Penny Black 30-281 Flower Sparks) onto Vellum and emboss them in different colors.
• fuzzy cut them.
• cut off the bottom part of your card and use an edge-punch to decorate some colored cardstock for the edge.
• Adhere that punched piece to the back of your cerdfront, lining it up with the bottom of the card.
• write/stamp/letter your sentiment, fuzzy cut it and adhere the embossed flowers to the back of that sentiment.
• bot flowers and the sentiment up with foam adhesive.
• depending on your sentiment, add additional text with alphabet stickers. (my sentiment says THANKS... for everything

if you don't feel too good about lettering your own sentiment you can use a stamp or a die of course.

Stamps:

Penny Black 30-281 Flower Sparks

Cardstock: Color Copy, Faltkarten (türkis, Vellum)

Ink: lettering with Tombow ABT marker, Versamark

Embossingpowder: Wow (white, pastel pink, pastel peach), Paper Poetry (mint pearl)

stickers: Kaiser Kraft Tiny Alpha Stickers

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

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Das doppelte Lottchen #149

It's sunday, that means it's Lottie and Lisa time!

That means Anni and I usually pick a stamp or stamp set or die that we both have (we nearly have the same taste!) and create a card with this product and another task.

Today Anni made a wish, and it is:

Penny Black - in the air 

&

Stitching

What a fantastic idea, huh? No, lets put all ironiy away - I had that idea and then I didn't know how to work my way through this challenge, so this card is pretty untypical for me. (of course NOW i get more ideas, but, well... this is what I came up with:

 Even it this is not my usual style I love how this turned out. I added some coloring with colored pensilc (Polychromos) to just some of the white embossed balloons and added shading with a grey copic marker to achieve the look of dimension. I sewed around the panel before I adhered it with some fun foam  and added a sentiment with alphabet stickers. Simple , quick and easy ;) 

You know I am a proud member of the Penny Black Simplicity sisters - check out there blog to find more Clean and simple creation by amazing designers :)

Thanks for visiting! :)

Now hop over to Anni's blog to find her creation :) 

Das doppelte Lottchen #14

It's sunday, that means it's Lottie and Lisa time!

That means Anni and I usually pick a stamp or stamp set or die that we both have (we nearly have the same taste!) and create a card with this product and another task.

Today Anni made a wish, and it is:

Paper Smooches - Get well die

&

over the edge

Here's the card that I made:

I bought some dylusions ink sprays when I was in berlin, So I played with them and created that large panel. I thought that the white sentiment (cur from fun foam) would pop on that one. The Penny Black flowers were colored with my zig clean color real brush pens, just because I love their bright colors and they were a perfect match.

A cardcan be bold withour using any black - I really love how this turned out :)

Addicted to Stamps and more - Clean and Simple

Virginia's View - All things colored

 CASual fridays - Bingo (Coloring, Spritzing, Die cutting)

Now hop over to Anni's blog to find her creation :) 

Penny Black Simpilcity: happy holidays

Hello everyone, happy wednesday!

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This lucky girl (me) got a package jam-packed with wonderful Penny Black goodies. I love to be inspired by new products and combine a few of them on a project. (Because I just can't wait to use each and everyone of them). On this simple card I combined two new stamp sets, a new paper pad and a new die.

• Stamp the icebear-image, color (I used Zig Clean Color real brush) and fuzzy cut.
• cut (or die-cut) a rectangular panel from patterned paper.
• die-cut a border from that same patterned paper
• Adhere the panel and the border to your white cardbase and mount the icebear as a focal point on dimensional adhesive.
• Stamp the sentiment off to the side to add more interest.

I think the subtile pattern and the little border really make the image stand out (bright colors help making it pop even more)

Stamps: Penny Black - artic antics, Penny Black - Holiday Snippets

Die: Penny Black - Snow Drops

Paper: Penny Black - Wintertime

Addicted to Stamps and more - CAS

Tuesday Throwdown - Clean and Simple

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Simple with a BANG of color!

Hi there, 
happy Monday!

I'm back with a new post as a proud

That means I am creating a simple card using the wonderful Penny Black products, and today I am going BRIGHT!

I got the beautiful Doodles Dies by Penny Black for my birthday last week and I instantly fell in love. So I wanted to make a bright card that makes the intricate diet shine.

• Cut a piece of yardstick that is slightly smaller than your cardbase.
• Add Distress Stain onto a piece of acetate and press it onto the edge of your cardstock. Do this with different colors in a rainbow-order.
• tear two strips of vellum and wrap it around your panel.
• Stamp an icon from Penny Black's Let's Chat in bank ink on top.
• Adhere the die cut hello on top of the vellum.
• use foam adhesive to add your panel to your card base.
• add a thick layer of glossy accents to your icon for more interest.

Alphabet challenges - no patterned paper 

Thanks for stoppin' by - hope this was somehow inspirational :)